Reduced efficacy of albendazole against Ascaris lumbricoides in Rwandan schoolchildren

Control of human soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) relies on preventive chemotherapy of schoolchildren applying the benzimidazoles (BZ) albendazole or mebendazole. Anthelmintic resistance (AR) is a common problem in nematodes of veterinary importance but for human STHs, information on drug efficacy...

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Main Authors: Jürgen Krücken, Kira Fraundorfer, Jean Claude Mugisha, Sabrina Ramünke, Kevin C. Sifft, Dominik Geus, Felix Habarugira, Jules Ndoli, Augustin Sendegeya, Caritas Mukampunga, Claude Bayingana, Toni Aebischer, Janina Demeler, Jean Bosco Gahutu, Frank P. Mockenhaupt, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211320717300337
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